And then the murders began….

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.” ... And then the murders began.

The great Gatsby

I thought it was supposed to be the title of the book, not the first sentence!

Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself and then the murders began.

I’m completely confused ??

It's the opening then the murders began

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect and then the murders began.

The Metamorphosis - Kafka

I could do this forever. Doesn't work for all books but some made me laugh.

fairfraise

I thought it was supposed to be the title of the book, not the first sentence!

No. It’s the opening sentence .

Darkness was falling as Rebus accepted the yellow hard hat from his guide . . . and then the murders began.

The Abbot of Durham Abbey died on the feast of St. Gregory and was buried in the choir of St. Leonard before the great altar....
And then the murders began!

(Unexplained Strange Encounters).

"The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play, so we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day. I sat there with Sally. We sat here we two and we said 'How we wish we had something to do.'" And then .................

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do and then the murders began.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;

... and then the murders began ...

Good Omens

"It was a nice day. All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them so far, and rain hadn't been invented yet".
And then the murders began...

Once upon-a-time, in a land far, far away there was a beautiful princess...
And then the murders began!

Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”

and then the murders began

In the beginning was the word….and then the murders began!

Very good MayBeMaw !!

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there, and then the murders began

On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below….and then the murders began.

It was a dark and stormy night
And then the murders began

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit and then the murders began.

'Malorie stands flat against the brick wall of a classroom. The door is locked. She is alone. She is blindfolded......
And then, the murders began......

The noise was the worst ... and then the murders began

(The Ashes of London)

It happened every year. Was almost a ritual and then the murders began

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times and then the murders began.

A tale of two cities.

It was seven minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. Its eyes were closed."....
and then the murders began